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If I got a Kindle it would be the Fire HD. Why not have it do other shit too?

That would just turn it into another distraction for me.

Exactly.

If I want to browse the web or check emails, I have my phone.

When I'm reading, I just want to read. The new Kindles don't even have audio anymore, but that's fine by me.

I'd rather have something to do one thing really well than a whole bunch of stuff only moderately well, y'know?

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I don't know, I haven't done a direct comparison - but if it's anything like reading text from the Kindle app on my iPhone, I can't imagine it would be that great over an hour or two of dedicated reading.

The Kindle displays are meant to be much more like reading a physical book - plus there's the lack of distractions from other functions, which appeals to me (though perhaps not everyone). Maybe one of our proud Kindle owners can chime in on this point.


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I read for a few hours this morning with my kindle app on my phone. It didn't seem to bother me, especially with the screen slightly dimmed.

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The Kindle displays are meant to be much more like reading a physical book - plus there's the lack of distractions from other functions, which appeals to me (though perhaps not everyone). Maybe one of our proud Kindle owners can chime in on this point.

i can be a bit of a technophobe, but it's to the point now that i prefer reading on my kindle to reading a book. fatigue is a non-issue.

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The Kindle displays are meant to be much more like reading a physical book - plus there's the lack of distractions from other functions, which appeals to me (though perhaps not everyone). Maybe one of our proud Kindle owners can chime in on this point.

i can be a bit of a technophobe, but it's to the point now that i prefer reading on my kindle to reading a book

I sincerely hope I'll shortly be able to make a similar declaration.


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What is it about the kindle experience that makes you prefer it over a book, thodoks?


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You know, after reading about the screen technology I'm starting to be sold on the dedicated e-reader Kindle as opposed to the Fire.

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What is it about the kindle experience that makes you prefer it over a book, thodoks?

i find i'm much more able to be comfortable when i read the kindle because, unlike a book, i don't have to accommodate physical demands other than those of my own...that is, i can go hands-free or lean back in a chair, or whatever. it's just much easier to get to a place where i don't have to consider anything beyond whether the battery is charged, a good jazz record is on, and i have the proper beverage to accompany the proceedings

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I have only just started using it for reading books, but the Nexus 7 has been great so far...

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thodoks wrote:
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What is it about the kindle experience that makes you prefer it over a book, thodoks?

i find i'm much more able to be comfortable when i read the kindle because, unlike a book, i don't have to accommodate physical demands other than those of my own...that is, i can go hands-free or lean back in a chair, or whatever. it's just much easier to get to a place where i don't have to consider anything beyond whether the battery is charged, a good jazz record is on, and i have the proper beverage to accompany the proceedings

I've never considered that. Huh.


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i mean, books can be unwieldy and uncooperative, you know?

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What is it about the kindle experience that makes you prefer it over a book, thodoks?

i find i'm much more able to be comfortable when i read the kindle because, unlike a book, i don't have to accommodate physical demands other than those of my own...that is, i can go hands-free or lean back in a chair, or whatever. it's just much easier to get to a place where i don't have to consider anything beyond whether the battery is charged, a good jazz record is on, and i have the proper beverage to accompany the proceedings

I've never considered that. Huh.


play that paul chambers album i posted for you in jazz


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What is it about the kindle experience that makes you prefer it over a book, thodoks?

i find i'm much more able to be comfortable when i read the kindle because, unlike a book, i don't have to accommodate physical demands other than those of my own...that is, i can go hands-free or lean back in a chair, or whatever. it's just much easier to get to a place where i don't have to consider anything beyond whether the battery is charged, a good jazz record is on, and i have the proper beverage to accompany the proceedings

I've never considered that. Huh.


play that paul chambers album i posted for you in jazz

I was wary of clicking that link. Looked like a virus. :?


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What is it about the kindle experience that makes you prefer it over a book, thodoks?

i find i'm much more able to be comfortable when i read the kindle because, unlike a book, i don't have to accommodate physical demands other than those of my own...that is, i can go hands-free or lean back in a chair, or whatever. it's just much easier to get to a place where i don't have to consider anything beyond whether the battery is charged, a good jazz record is on, and i have the proper beverage to accompany the proceedings

I've never considered that. Huh.


play that paul chambers album i posted for you in jazz

I was wary of clicking that link. Looked like a virus. :?


sit back with brown liquor and listen


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thodoks wrote:
i mean, books can be unwieldy and uncooperative, you know?


books are just crazy these days.

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What is it about the kindle experience that makes you prefer it over a book, thodoks?

i find i'm much more able to be comfortable when i read the kindle because, unlike a book, i don't have to accommodate physical demands other than those of my own...that is, i can go hands-free or lean back in a chair, or whatever. it's just much easier to get to a place where i don't have to consider anything beyond whether the battery is charged, a good jazz record is on, and i have the proper beverage to accompany the proceedings

I've never considered that. Huh.

on another note, i find that saying something or making a point a conversant had never heard or considered to be one of life's most pleasant experiences

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thodoks wrote:
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What is it about the kindle experience that makes you prefer it over a book, thodoks?

i find i'm much more able to be comfortable when i read the kindle because, unlike a book, i don't have to accommodate physical demands other than those of my own...that is, i can go hands-free or lean back in a chair, or whatever. it's just much easier to get to a place where i don't have to consider anything beyond whether the battery is charged, a good jazz record is on, and i have the proper beverage to accompany the proceedings

I've never considered that. Huh.

on another note, i find that saying something or making a point a conversant had never heard or considered to be one of life's most pleasant experiences

Fucking of course you do.

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What is it about the kindle experience that makes you prefer it over a book, thodoks?

i find i'm much more able to be comfortable when i read the kindle because, unlike a book, i don't have to accommodate physical demands other than those of my own...that is, i can go hands-free or lean back in a chair, or whatever. it's just much easier to get to a place where i don't have to consider anything beyond whether the battery is charged, a good jazz record is on, and i have the proper beverage to accompany the proceedings

I've never considered that. Huh.

on another note, i find that saying something or making a point a conversant had never heard or considered to be one of life's most pleasant experiences

Fucking of course you do.

it takes a big man to slag another on the internet

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What's the latest that you guys have ever stayed up with a book?


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